ANT 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Original Affluent Society, Pastoralism, Wage Labour

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT 1101
• Professor: Deborah Sick

Document Summary

Permanent settlements foragers need to move a lot, variety of food types. Larger populations adoption of agriculture: role of climatic change , effects of food production , continuing population growth . More permanent settlements : diversification of labour , stratification in terms of social status and wealth, pastoralism (cid:1055) . 1 breeding and managing migratory herds domesticated grazing animals . Often mix of animals: primary depend on animal products (not meat) (cid:1055) (cid:1232) ( (cid:1054) , trade animals/products for non-local goods/services (cid:1054) / (cid:1287)/ . Symbolic relations w/farmers/peoples w / / : pastoralism: general characteristics (cid:1055) : , semi-sedentary; rely on mobility (extensive land use) Pastoral nomadism; transhumance ; : small communities (larger than foragers); few possessions ( ); , communal land rights; individual livestock ownership (cid:1208) ; , primarily family labor; but sharing is common (cid:1055) , , stratified; hierarchical .